Human Settlements

9 (1) (a) & (b)Kindly find below a table depicting the financial assistance for the provision of emergency kits in terms of the emergency        housing programme within the different municipalities in the financial years 2015 / 2016 and 2017 / 2018.

It should be noted that the City has received level 2 Accreditation and therefore manages the administration of their emergency kits.  The amounts spent and number of persons assisted during the said periods are indicated in the table below.

 

                                                                                                                

 

Local Municipality	Area	Project Description	Resolution and Date	Families Accommodated- 2015/16 & costs	Families Accommodated- 2016/17 & costs	Families Accommodated- 2017/18 & costs
City of Cape Town	All areas within the City’s jurisdiction (Fire & Flood Kits)	Provision of emergency kits funded from the Separate Operating Account	Ministerial approval letter dated; 1 September 2015	8839 R29-million	16099 R 45 million	6096 R 15-million
Bergrivier	Bergriver	Bergriver emergency kits	14/169;  10 Oct 2014	50; R159 720.00	50;    R175 692.00	50;      R193 261.00
Langeberg	Langeberg	Langeberg emergency kits	14/223;  27 Nov 2014	50;  R159 720.00	50;   R175 692.00	50;      R193 261.00
Oudtshoorn	Oudtshoorn	Oudtshoorn emergency/fire kits	16/73; 23 Aug 2016		250;  R1 406 000.00	250;   R1 406 000.00
Overstrand	Overstrand	Overstrand emergency kits	14/09; 26 Jan 2014	100;  R242 000.00	100;   R266 200.00	100;     R292 820.00
Swartland	Swartland	Swartland emergency kits	18/10; 8 Feb 2018			50;     R193 261.00
Theewaterskloof	Theewaterskloof	Theewaterskloof emergency kits	18/09; 15 Feb 2018			300;    R769 260.00

 

        RESPONSE:

                                                                                        

9(2) Whether there are any contingency plans in place to reduce fires in informal settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the

        relevant details?

     My department developed a provincial wide strategic framework as a response to the upgrading of informal settlements

     incrementally.  This framework enables a process of categorisation and prioritization of all settlements within the Western Cape.

     The categorisation and prioritisation entails assessments of living conditions and risks informal settlements are exposed to. 

 

The evaluation of informal settlements through the Rapid Appraisal of informal settlements which seeks to access, categorise and rank informal settlements per municipality, provides clarity on the risks associated with disasters and thus the following data fields are prioritised:

• Physical feature that poses risk to the settlement in terms of location;
• Community exposure to disaster (Fire, floods, strong winds);
• Type of prevalent disaster experienced (Man-made or Natural Disasters);
• Social problems (Crime, community violence, riots or protests).

My department has rolled out these initiatives to provincial departments and municipalities.  The Department of Local Government’s Disaster Management Centre was approached to assist with the installation of smoke detectors in fire hot spot areas.

A summary of my department’s Support Programme is attached as Annexure A.